Services

Strategic legal guidance, risk management, and contract oversight, delivered as an embedded extension of your executive team. Services include:

• Corporate governance support

• Regulatory compliance counseling

• Guidance on selecting and managing outside counsel relationships

• Support navigating complex business decisions, protecting your organization, and building scalable legal processes designed for long-term growth

Seamless short-term coverage for any and all legal functions, including:

• Day-to-day legal support — responding to internal business client requests, advising on routine legal questions, and escalating matters appropriately

• Cross-functional collaboration — working directly with business units, finance, procurement, HR, and leadership as a trusted legal partner

• Contract review and negotiation — reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, including vendor, customer, and partner contracts

• Compliance — monitoring ongoing compliance obligations and flagging emerging issues to relevant stakeholders

• Litigation and dispute management — coordinating with outside litigation counsel, managing holds, and serving as the internal point of contact on active matters

• Corporate governance — supporting board meetings, resolutions, and entity maintenance

Strategic and operational support during leadership transitions to help new Chief Legal Officers quickly assess risks, establish priorities, build stakeholder relationships, and optimize legal operations. Advisory areas include:

• Legal function assessment

• Governance and compliance review

• Outside counsel management

• Strategic planning

Advise clients on the legal and strategic implications of data use in commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, licensing arrangements, technology partnerships, and vendor and customer contracting. Support clients in evaluating and implementing artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, and other data-driven technologies, with a focus on responsible use, risk management, regulatory developments, and business value creation.

Review and redline SaaS agreements (MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs), negotiate terms with vendors or customers on the client's behalf, and draft custom agreements from scratch. Specialized, pragmatic expertise in:

• IP ownership

• Uptime and SLAs

• Termination and transition assistance

• Acceptable use

• Data use, ownership, privacy, and security terms

Serve as outside general counsel's litigation arm: supervise or coordinate with outside litigation counsel, act as the client's internal point of contact on active matters, and provide practical, outcomes-oriented counsel on litigation and settlement strategy — available as a standalone engagement or as part of broader coverage.

Design and implement scalable procurement, vendor management, and vendor contracting processes to support organizational growth, improve operational efficiency, and reduce commercial risk. Create contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidelines.

Comprehensive legal due diligence support for mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, financings, restructurings, and other corporate transactions:

• Assess material contracts, commercial agreements, and customer/vendor relationships

• Evaluate intellectual property assets, licenses, and ownership rights

• Review and assess litigation, dispute, and claims histories

• Support management presentations, data room reviews, and diligence request processes

Legal support in connection with software licensing audits initiated by software vendors or third-party auditors. Help clients manage audit exposure, ensure accurate license position assessments, and respond efficiently to audit inquiries:

• Review software license agreements, subscription terms, and applicable audit clauses

• Support development of audit response strategy and communications with vendors or auditors

• Devise negotiation strategy to resolve audit findings and minimize penalties or back-licensing costs